A show examining the role of NFTs in the marginalized artist's landscape.
Becoming, Emily Burkhead, co-curator.
Finger Flag, 2022. Printed cotton fabric and cotton batting.
Finger Flag, 2022. Printed cotton fabric and cotton batting.
Someday We'll Find It, 2022. Printed cotton fabric and cotton batting.
Someday We'll Find It, 2022. Printed cotton fabric and cotton batting.
As a genderqueer artist, I have trouble understanding my personal role within the context of traditional femininity. I love being feminine and being a woman, but my queerness complicates how I perform gender within interpersonal relationships and outwardly in social or professional settings. Consequently, it also impacts the materials I’m drawn to in my artistic practice. My grandmother was an avid quilter, and she passed her craft down to my mother and five aunts. Quilting and knitting are processes that are familiar and comforting to me. However, as my gender identity has evolved, I am drawn more to “queerer” mediums and pastimes such as glitch art and intermedia. "Someday We’ll Find It" and "Finger Flag" examine the spaces between seemingly opposite mediums while finding their conceptual glue through gender exploration. By printing glitch art onto fabric and “queering” the quilting process, I invent a new crafting process for myself that leaves room for femininity while subverting gender norms.